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FORA vs. NRC, III, EGHT, TRAK, OABI, TRVG, TDIC, TCX, YMT, and MIMI

Should you be buying Forian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forian include National Research (NRC), Information Services Group (III), 8X8 (EGHT), ReposiTrak (TRAK), OmniAb (OABI), Trivago N.V. ADS (TRVG), Dreamland (TDIC), Tucows (TCX), Yimutian (YMT), and Mint Incorporation (MIMI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Forian vs. Its Competitors

Forian (NASDAQ:FORA) and National Research (NASDAQ:NRC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

19.3% of Forian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of National Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.3% of Forian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of National Research shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Forian has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Research has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Forian currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 125.73%. Given Forian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Forian is more favorable than National Research.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Forian
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
National Research
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

In the previous week, National Research had 4 more articles in the media than Forian. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for National Research and 3 mentions for Forian. National Research's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Forian's score of 0.83 indicating that National Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Forian
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
National Research
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

National Research has higher revenue and earnings than Forian. Forian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Forian$25.03M2.75-$2.80M-$0.09-24.61
National Research$143.06M1.83$24.78M$0.7614.92

National Research has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Forian's net margin of 0.00%. National Research's return on equity of 83.52% beat Forian's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ForianN/A N/A N/A
National Research 12.78%83.52%18.05%

Summary

National Research beats Forian on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FORA vs. The Competition

MetricForianHealth Information Services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$68.91M$356.36M$6.05B$10.51B
Dividend YieldN/A5.89%5.73%4.80%
P/E Ratio-24.61497.4084.9327.30
Price / Sales2.75225.07515.79197.96
Price / CashN/A47.1437.5761.53
Price / BookN/A5.0812.426.82
Net Income-$2.80M-$15.55M$3.32B$276.59M
7 Day Performance-2.42%-0.14%0.53%0.00%
1 Month Performance-1.99%2.75%10.24%7.96%
1 Year Performance3.02%13.88%75.92%35.10%

Forian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORA
Forian
2.2295 of 5 stars
$2.22
-5.7%
$5.00
+125.7%
+10.8%$68.91M$25.03M-24.61140
NRC
National Research
2.2804 of 5 stars
$11.95
-1.0%
N/A-39.5%$274.46M$140.31M15.66490News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
III
Information Services Group
2.7134 of 5 stars
$5.61
-0.5%
$5.50
-2.0%
+72.8%$270.86M$240.20M37.471,323News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
EGHT
8X8
3.2434 of 5 stars
$1.96
-4.2%
$2.49
+27.1%
-10.0%$266.60M$715.07M-12.221,942
TRAK
ReposiTrak
0.6814 of 5 stars
$14.33
-1.9%
N/AN/A$261.95M$22.61M40.9470
OABI
OmniAb
2.1286 of 5 stars
$1.66
-1.5%
$6.67
+302.8%
-59.4%$238.25M$26.39M-2.767News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TRVG
Trivago N.V. ADS
2.8649 of 5 stars
$3.18
+0.5%
$4.18
+31.7%
+85.2%$223.44M$504.24M-317.50710
TDIC
Dreamland
N/A$7.04
-1.7%
N/AN/A$211.20M$45.80M0.0015High Trading Volume
TCX
Tucows
0.7026 of 5 stars
$18.71
+2.1%
N/A-5.7%$207.25M$362.27M-2.101,000
YMT
Yimutian
N/A$1.81
+4.6%
N/AN/A$207.03MN/A0.00573Positive News
Gap Up
MIMI
Mint Incorporation
N/A$8.05
-1.5%
N/AN/A$185.23MN/A0.0015Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:FORA) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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